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HEMIMETABOLISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hemimetabolism mean? 

HEMIMETABOLISM (noun)
  The noun HEMIMETABOLISM has 1 sense:

1. incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insectsplay

  Familiarity information: HEMIMETABOLISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEMIMETABOLISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

hemimetabolism; hemimetaboly; hemimetamorphosis

Hypernyms ("hemimetabolism" is a kind of...):

metabolism; metamorphosis (the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals)

Derivation:

hemimetabolic; hemimetabolous ((of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult)


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